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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
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Office 500 and sos Nam st.. second floor.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-10
aoYs' CLOTHING.

In order TO make room for the big
stock of boys clothing just received
the summer stock now on hand will
be sold at bargain. These are al
WOODEN goods, call early.
Mrs. s. K. HoLBRooK.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-10
WANTED HORSES no WINTER.

Having rented the Olive place seven
miles below town, am now prepared
TO take stock to winter, have fine
winter pasture well fenced in of be-
tween 500 and 700 acres. For fur.
Their information call at the Stout
ranch, near the school house, or on
Parson Jones. j. A. BEERLEf'
Blackfoot. Dec, Bird. 1887,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-10
NOTIOK.

OFFICE Or THE COUNTY TRKAsuRER,
BlRckfoot, bingham County, Idaho.
NOTICE IL hereby given that tho following
~ Bingham County Warrants will be paid up.
on presentation with the interests thereon 10
date, II presented within sixty l60D days FROM
date Of this notice. Interest viii oeas0 from
and after this date.
SPECIAL RuRD.
April 18th, 1857. Nos. % % o. inclusive.
GENERAL FuND.
April 18th, 1857, Nos. 100 10 LIZ inclusive
G. BUNTING. ia.
County Treasurer.
Dated October 18th. 1881.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-12-10
SCHOOL AGAIN.

SCHOOL AGAIN.
Parents of the hundred boys In
T3lackfoot and vicinity are requested
30 call and examine the large lot OF
boys clothing Just the thing for school
wear, sizes from four to seventeen
yesns. at MIS- & u. HoLnRcoK.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Whistling for q Living.

Miss Glider, the gifted editor of the
Critic writes from New York to the
Boston Gasette, describing the way in
which a lady literally raises the wind:
There is now in New York lady who
whistles at private entertainments, but
for consideration. She gets twenty five
dollars night for whistling in New
York drawing rooms, and is said to have
all the engagements she wants. The
husband of this lady was well off at one
time, but he lost his money. Whistling
was her great accomplishment, and when
she heard that this gift had been turned
to pecuniary account, she saw no reason
why she should not aid her husband by
her gifts in this line, and she has sue
cecded beyond her expectations. Iheard
lady whistler in London last summer
who was quite the rage, and who had the
honor of whistling before her majesty,
but did not think much of her accom-
plishment. / can whistle better than she
can herself. l have heard whistling that
was beautiful. When l lived on Eight
centh street l could look down into a
saloon from my back windows, and in
that saloon there would occasionally come
man who whistled, and anything more
beautiful of its kind never heard. He
could do anything that flute could do.
The lady whistler in London had no such
accomplishment. According to my judg-
ment she was pretty poor whistler, but
she got good deal of praise over there,
and, as l said, had her majesty's endorse
ment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Creole Girls.

These young girls, says New Orleans
letter, are often wonderfully beautiful.
Good features, handsome eyes and grace
full figures combine to make them very
attractive, their beauty being not infre-
quently Oriental in type, though the vi
vacity of their manners mark them as es-
scntially French in character. Many
Creole women are very accomplished.
They have skill in music and painting
that is often artistic. In the literary clubs
which society women have inaugurated
of late years in New Orleans, the Ameri-
can ladies have been astonishcd to find
the Creole ladies quite as well posted as
themselves In English literature, while
possessing much greater knowledge of
the literature of other countries. But an
accomplishment still more attractive to
the impecunious young men seeking mat
trimony is the exquisite taste with which
these maidens fair will fashion their own
gowns and bonnets when circumstances
require them to make these things at
home. The Creole women have inherited
the French taste in dress, and in greater
degree than other American citizens. they
regard the fiat of Paris as the supreme
authority in all matters concerning the
toilet. Also, the Creole women of all ages
and of all classes are devOut. Neither So
cial engagements, nor weather, nor other
obstacles are allowed to interfere with
the discharge of their religious duties.
Are they not somewhat supersitious2
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

the presence of few friends, who act as
witnesses. The nuptials are then cele-
brated by the families with calmness
and gravity that would be as suitable for
funeral as for wedding.
The sexes never mingle at these fcsti-
walls. The men take their pleasure in ST.
lence in their selamik the women, little
more noisily-it is but natural-in the
haremlik.
If the wife is too young or has deli
cate health, she is not entrusted to her
husband. She is quickly shut up at her
mothers, or at her mother-in-law's, some
times for more than year, until it shall
please the latter to re-unite her with her
husband. 1t even happens that the hus-
band has had time to take a second wife
before receiving his first.
1t is not, however, always happiness
that the young wife finds in her new
situation, where she is often obliged to
share with companions, and even with
black and white slaves, the heart and the
attentions of her husband. How often
have the poor creatures exchanged their
maiden seclusion, captivity that a
mother always knows how to make pleas
ant, for another seclusion more narrow,
more severe, often aggravated by the neg
lect of her husband, or by the brutality
and the bad treatment of detestable
GUARDIAN
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Eaten by Land Crabs.

In Zola's "Ventre de Paris" the hero
Florent, who has escaped from Cayenne,
tells story of one of his comrades who
stuck in the mud while trying to get
away from the penal settlement, and was
devoured by land crabs. The story is
founded on fact, for NJ. Ranc relates that
the fate which overlook Florent's friend
REALLY befell Pianori, the son of the Ital-
ian shoemaker, who in 1865 attempted to
shoot the Emperor Napoleon III. at the
opera, and was afterward executed. Pia-
nori, Jr., was in London at the time, but
when he came to Paris, says London
Telegraph correspondent, he was arrested
by order of the imperial government as a
dangerous person. He was banished to
Cayenne, and was placed, with forty
others, all Republicans, on DEVILS Island,
place from which it was difficult to es-
cape. The Republicans, however, vowed
to have their freedom or death, and q
raft was constructed with which they ex-
pected to reach Dutch Guiana. Out of
the forty, thirty-fivc only reached their
destination, and these were raving ma
MACS, owing to hunger, thirst, heat and
privation. Three died from sunstroke.
and two-a Pole named BOginski and
Pianori-tried to get ashore on some
marshy island, but they sank in the fetid
mud up to their mouths, and were found
some days afterward by negroes, their
faces and bodies having been partially
eaten away by monster crabs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Martha Washington's Fan.

The fan owned and used by Martha
Washington is curiosity of great inter
est and considerable value. As high as
81, 900 has been offered for it and refused.
The fan is of ivory frame and of ordinary
size. When unfolded there is displayed
a series of pictures painted in oil. One is
portrait OF George Washington at the
age of seventeen, clad in the uniform of
a Captain. At that time he was gallant
young Officer fighting the Indians. This
is, SO far as is known, the only por-
trait extant of Washington in his youth.
This makes the value of the fan almost
priceless. lowering above the young
hero is an angel browning him with
wreaths. Kneeling near him is an In
dian in gorgeous array of flowers and
feathers and the robes of her tribe offer
ing Washington in homage national
standard in token of the acceptance of
peace. To the left of Washington stands
the figure Of Liberty tramping the
crowned old world tyrants under foot
The face of the fan bears the coat of arms
of the Washingtons- The colors of the
portraits are still bright and distinct.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
The Bibles In the National Library.

Frank G. Carpenter, in his article on
"Uncle Sans Book Case" in the Cos
nopolitan says:
The National Library contains many
rare and curious works. 1t has some of
the most valuablt books ever published
in America and among these is the first
American Bible printed in European
tongue in this country. 1t it German
Bible which was printed at Germantown
in 1743, and which Mr.. Spofford bought
at book auction about two years ago.
1t is kept In a boX-like case in one of the
alcoves of the ground floor, and is truly
curiosity. Though not as thick as Web
ster's Dictionary, it weighs about as
much, and though printed over one hum
dred and twenty years ago, it is still in
good condition. 1t is about six inches
thick and eight inches wide, by ten or
twelve inches long. 1t is bound in oak
boards covered with rich brown leather,
and on its corners there are heavy brass
bosses with little heads jutting out of
them to keep the leather from resting on
the table. Its clasps are of leather with
brass fasteners, and its paper, now yellow
with age, is printed in queer old German
type. The first page is in colors, and on
the t1y-leaves there are several gcnealogi-
cal records. 1t was originally owned by
German, but in 1898 it was bought by
Enoch Rittenhouse, member, l doubt
not, of the old Rittenhouse family OF
Philadelphia.
Another Bible that the Library has, is
that printed for the Indians by John
Eliot in 1863 This is the first Bible
printed in America. 1t was printed in
Cambridge and in the Indian tongue.
The Library has chapter devoted to
Bibles, and the chapter of theological
works is the largest one in the Library.
locke at this big bookcase of Bibles
the other day; they are of all sizes and
shapes, from the little vest-pocket edi-
tions to one big enough almost for a
mounting block for horses. They are in
all dialects and languages, and the
Chinese Bibles look like so many punches
of MANILA wrapping paper. The print
of these Bibles is as queer as the
languages in which they are printed,
and they have every style of types from
the Illuminated scri pit of the monks of
the Middle Ages to the common print of
TODAY,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Migration of an Entire Village.

There is charming Arcadian village
called La Tour, situated near Privas, in
the Southern Department of Ardcche,
which has become uninhabitable, owing
to the vast number of crimes that have
been committed therein of late. A short
time ago widow named Roche was muir
dered there by her nephew and niece
after she had made her will in their favor,
and not long afterward two small farmers
qua:roled with each other over a small
strip of ground which each claimed as
his own, The dispute was adjusted by
one of the improvised litigants kicking
the viscera out of his antagonist and
leaving him for dead on the field.
The inhabitants of La Tour, terrified al
the epidemic of crime which has swept
over their once peaceful hamlet, have left
their homes in Il body and migrated to
less blood-stained regions.-London Tele
0raDb.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Marriages in Turkey,

The following is from Emile billiards
Article in the Cosmopolitan on Life Be-
meath the Crescent" Marriage receives
scarcely more attention among the Turks
than birth and death, and there is but
little embarrassment from the administra-
tive formalities that precede and accom-
pany this solemn act in the West. There
are no bans, no announcements, no regis
trations. A man obtains a wife Just as he
would buy bouquet; but neither the
buyer nor the seller, nor the Intermediary,
asks for receipt. AS it is forbidden a
man to enter the harem of another (even
if he were near relative of the latter to
see q young woman and talk with her,
there are no marriages for love and no
engagements. One father meets another
father, and says to him: "You have a
son and I have daughter. If the mother
of your son knows my daughter, let us
strike bargain; if she does not know
her, let them see each other, and then let
us close up the business" The conditions
are discussed, the dowry haggled over,
then all the arrangements between the
parents are made and the young people
introduced to each other.
Let us add in passing, that among us
the marriages that are contracted in the
great capitals of Europe, especially in
Paris, do not depart far from this pro-
gramme. In France, however, a man is
still allowed to behold the object for the
acquisition of which negotiations are in
progress. In Turkey this is forbidden
there, marriage is lottery indeed.
Turkish girls are promised usually when
they are very young, even at tender age,
when they are only three or four years
old. If the young bride should happen
to die before her marriage, or be required
for the Sultan's harem-for it may be pre-
missed that this is case that breaks all
engagements, and is esteemed as a great
honor by parents-the intended husband
is not expected to weep over what he
loses, for he has never seen it. When
the young girl reaches her twelfth or
thirteenth year, or somewhat later, her
fourteenth year, she receives the nuptial
blessing, and the husband cannot see
the face of his wife until after the cere-
mony.
No woman, not even the wife, takes
part in the solcmnity of marriage, which
is effected by proxy, delegated to an uncle
or to an elder brother, often with full
beard, who plays the role of the bride.
The parents If the couple sign the con-
tract before the imam Of their quarter, in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Takes Time to Explode.

If one particle of mass of dynamite is
exploded, says the San Francisco Call,
the explosion of the rest of the mass
is ordinarily supposed to be instantaneous,
but it is not quite so. If lot of dyna-
mite was housed in continuous train of
four miles it would take second for it
all to explode. Even this is scarcely an
appreciate length of time; but if con-
tinuous train of dynamite were poured
over the ground between San Francisco
and New York city, it would take quar-
ter of an hour for the explosion to reach
from one point to the other. A man,
therefore, might sit on the end of the
train of powder in New York city and be
in perfect safety for fifteen minutes after
the San Francisco end of the train had
begun to explode.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

The staked plain of Texas-Llana Es-
tacado-forms part of the Western
plateau of the State. The name is given
from the great number of bare yucca
stems seen there resembling stakes. This
plain extends from the head-watcrs of
the Colorado, Brazos, and Red rivers on
the east, to the Red Pecos in New Mexico
on the west, and from the valley of the
Canadian on the north to the Pecos on
the south. Its surface is gently undu-
lating, but owing to lack of water there
is almost total absence of vegetation.
The yucca is the only plant that grows
there, and this but scantily; there are no
trees, and in the summer the feeble crop
of grass dries up. 1t is said that the
traveller can track his way across the
staked plain by the skeletons lying there
of those who have persisted of thirst in
the journey across. The general level of
the plain is from 5000 to 1000 feet
above the sea.-Inter- Ocean,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30
Jackson's Duel With Dickinson.

In a paper in the Southern Biuouac the
following conversation between General
Harding and General Andrew jackson,
relative to Jackson's duel with Dickinson,
is given:
''In conversation with General jackson
one day 1 said: General, is a brave man
ever frightened p
".I don't know that am competent
to answer that question, said he. re-
piled: The world accords YOU rs much
bravery as is possessed by any man,
"Tf that be so, sir said the General.
4 would saw have been As badly flight
ened as a gentleman Ought ever to be-
II said, Il presume that was in somr
of YOUR Indian fiehtsp
ono, said he. it was when / went OH
the field with Dickinson. knew him
to be n cool. brave, determined man. and
the best shot ever saw, and never ex.
pected to leave the field alive, owe niy
life to the fashion OF the day-tbe full
breasted rcat This and the neculior con-
formation of nv much-sunken chest were
all that saved me. nickinson's bullet
struck what appcared to be the centre Of
me BODY under the RIGHT arm, and the
ball grazcd NV breastBonc, had zone
upon the field determined not TO fire a4
Dickinson, but to discharge nv pistol in
the air, having no ground of quarrel with
him, and not wishing to hurt a half Of
his head, Nv u,,arrel WIS with his father
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

Mourning dinners are the latest Paris.
Ian folly. Twelve young ladies, dressed
in the deepest mourning and heavily
yelled, compose the party. The dining
room is draped in black; silver wreaths
and tombstones take the place of pictures.
The chairs are shaped like collins set on
end and hung with immortelles. Knives
and forks have bones for handles, and
the champagne is served in skulls. The
dinner is eaten in silence to slow music.
What at first was poor joke has become
fashionable craze, that is holly de-
nounced from the pulpit as immoral and
uicked
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

The meanest-man competition has be-
gun again. So far California takes the
lead. It is recorded that merchant in
Los Angeles observed newsboy pccrins
down into the grating in the sidewalk in
front of his store one afternoon recently,
and upon inquiry learned that the little
chap had dropped quarter into the
place and was studying upon the best
means of recovering his wealth. Tho
merchant sent one of his clerks down
into the cellar, recovered the coin and
very coolly put it into his till. A police
officer investigated the matter, and gave
the boy twenty-five cents to replace the
coin of which he had been plundered,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

America has its professors of journal.
ISM" but England is said to be about to
have school where newspaper work
shall be taught. The story is that GER
tain well-known London journalist is to
open school in which pupils shall re-
ceive instruction Sin the writing of para
graphs, reviewing, shorthand, special
correspondence, war correspondence,
leaders, sub-leaders, art and dramatic
criticism, sub-editing, editing, etc." The
New York Cdmmercial adds with some
sarcasm: Upon graduation pupils will
be ready to take any position that may
offer itself in the line of messenger boys,
theatrical supernumeraries, and street
gweeners
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

OF the thirty-seven oleomargarine fac
tories in this country eleven arc in Chi.
cago, and none is found cast of that city
by the internal revenue officers. In Feb
Iuary 2,615,779 pounds were made,
taxed, and removed for sale, and only
ss,1oo pounds were exported. What
would become of those factories, asks
the New York Times, if an attemp,
should be made to sell every pound OF
this great product to consumers for what
it really isl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

A bill will be presented to the next
Congress to provide for the purchase by
the government of the battlcfeds of
Lookout Mountain, Moccasin Bend,
Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining
a national park, preserving so far as pos.
sible the outlines of the battlefields, and
erecting suitable monuments to the mem.
DRY of the fallen men, with statues of the
leading generals of the Union and Confed.
crate armies alike.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

Adelina Patti is in her forty-seventh
year and Lilli Lehman in her fortytifth,
Both are singing superbly, and immense
audiences are spellbound by their voices
The fact, says the Musical Courier, is q
lesson to young vocalists who are ambi-
tious to be full fledged soloists in few
summers, and who expect to acquire be-
fore they are twenty-five what can alone
come with long experience and norma
deYelonment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-30

A Swiss printer living in indianapolis
is going to establish snail culture in that
section. Americans who have never been
abroad usually revolt at the idea of eating
"snails," but the fact is, says Frank Les
hes, that the European escargot, which
feeds upon the roots of grapevines, is a
real delicacy, and no more resembles the
common snail than the toothsome lobster
does the spider-crab.